Attraction and Exclusion • Melena Schmidt and Average Joe • What could account for the discrepancy between Melena’s espoused attitude and her choices on the show?

Attraction and Exclusion • Attraction – Anything that draws two or more people together • Social acceptance – People like you and include you in their groups • Rejection (Social exclusion) – People exclude you from their groups

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Tradeoffs - Testosterone A Blessing and a Curse • Testosterone is a hormone associated with masculinity • Testosterone is a mixed blessing – High testosterone men are • more exciting, but less reliable • Interested in exploring new places and less prone to stay at home • Testosterone helps for finding mates, not for maintaining stable families – reaches peak around age 20 and declines thereafter – New fathers – testosterone drops

The Need to Belong • Need to belong is powerful drive within human psyche – Form and maintain close and lasting relationships • People usually form relationships easily • People are reluctant to end relationships • Two ingredients to belongingness – Regular social contact with others – Close, stable, mutually intimate contact • Having one without the other = partial satisfaction • People do not continue to form relationships – Most people seek four to six close relationships – Even in people-rich environments, most people form social circles of about six people

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Not Belonging Is Bad for You • Failure to satisfy a need to belong leads to significant health problems – Death rates are higher among people without social connections – People without a good social network have more physical and mental health problems

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